"Does it hurt?"
Accompanied by Yu Ke's friendly greeting, his razor-sharp spearhead pierced through Weixiao's shoulder, spilling torrents of blood and tearing flesh, bone, and skin apart.
Weixiao dodged and counterattacked. His will transformed into an invisible giant hand that could crush Yu Ke, one of the Pillars of Humanity, into paste in a single second.
But Xie Chenyuan's strands of sword qi had already drilled through the astral energy protecting his back. If Weixiao insisted on killing Yu Ke, Xie Chenyuan would also have his heart shredded.
Whose life was more important—the Demon Emperor's or a human Pillar of Martial Power?
Thus, Weixiao could only abandon the wonderful option of crushing Yu Ke to death. He could only turn back to defend against Xie Chenyuan, adding another wound to himself. Choices like this occurred dozens, even hundreds of times within a few minutes. Every time, Weixiao paid with a wound, while Cha Huan, Xie Chenyuan, and Yu Ke all emerged unscathed.
Cha Huan, Yu Ke, and Xie Chenyuan's strength did not lie in their exquisite Art of War Combined Attack, nor in their Pinnacle Realm individual martial power, but in their resolve. Fighting Weixiao meant walking a tightrope every second. Weixiao could trade his life for theirs at any moment and take a Pillar of Martial Power down with him. Yet they did not hesitate, retreat, or fear because of that. Their Art of War Combined Attack allowed no room for error and did not reveal the slightest opening.
"Pain doesn't matter. What matters is exhilaration!" Weixiao roared like thunder, but the three instantly used their harmonized qi technique to cancel out his roar. Their Art of War Combined Attack remained smooth and seamless as they shaved away Weixiao's flesh layer by layer like a meat grinder.
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